Hallmark "Scooby-Doo Lunch Box Set" Christmas Ornaments, 1999
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Artifact Overview
Hallmark began producing ornaments featuring Scooby-Doo in 1999, thirty years after the easily frightened and always-hungry animated Great Dane premiered in the popular Saturday-morning cartoon series Scooby-Doo Where Are You! In the series, Scooby accompanies a group of mystery-solving teenagers--Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy--as they foil criminals disguised as monsters, ghosts, or other supernatural villains.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Christmas tree ornament
Date Made
1999
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Illustrated by Rich LaPierre of Hallmark Cards, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri. Made in China.
Collection Title
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Miniature Moments: A Journey Through Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments
Object ID
2019.65.2777
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Inscriptions
on front and back of lunchbox ornament:
THE MYSTERY / MACHINE
on top of lunchbox ornament and on thermos bottle ornament:
SCOOBY-DOO!
on front of packaging:
Hallmark / KEEPSAKE / ORNAMENT / CARTOON / NETWORK / SCOOBY-DOO! / Scooby-Doo / Lunch Box Set / SET OF 2 ORNAMENTS
on back of packaging:
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? For 15 years, beginning / in 1969, the perpetually petrified Great Dane could be / found on TV, traveling from one comedy adventure to / another in "The Mystery Machine" van. / This Keepsake Ornament Lunch Box shows Scooby / with teenage detective Shaggy as they encounter a ghost. / Their pals Velma, Daphne, and Freddy appear on the back of this ornament, which opens and closes like the / real thing. The second ornament recalls the handy, / coordinating drink containers that were so popular with / the lunch-box bunch. / Illustrated by / Rich LaPierre / For decorative use only. / Not for young children. / Pressed Tin and Handcrafted - Dated 1999
on top of packaging:
Hallmark
on bottom of packaging:
SCOOBY-DOO and all related characters and elements / are trademarks of Hanna-Barbera (C) 1999. / CARTOON NETWORK and logo are trademarks / of Cartoon Network, Inc. (C) 1999 / Mfd. for Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO 64141 / Made in China QX6997
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Hallmark revolutionized Christmas decorating with its annual release of holiday ornaments beginning in 1973. The ornaments appealed to customers' tastes and interests and often followed popular consumer trends. Hallmark began producing ornaments featuring Scooby-Doo in 1999, thirty years after the easily frightened and always-hungry animated Great Dane premiered in the popular Saturday morning cartoon series "Scooby-Doo Where Are You!"